thomas frank thanks so much for being with us tonight pleasure talking with you coming up nuclear threat levels continue to rise in japan president obama lays down the hammer and libya and scott walker gets a knockout blow from the courts are big picture rumble is up next. let's not forget that we had an apartheid regime right and. i think. people want to well. we never government says they're going to keep him safe get ready because your freedom. they tell martin here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. are you ready to rumble on the panel tonight jimmy weinstein steen the weinstein dead at the only color i have only if you know of john walker senior policy analyst at firedoglake dot com and see the motley president of less government ok let's get started desperate efforts continue in japan to prevent a nuclear catastrophe here in america we have to ask ourselves could this happen here there are twenty three general electric mark one nuclear reactors in operation in the us exact same design as the reactors in japan at least five out of the six that